i booted the same machine with a ubuntu 7.04 live cd. there everything works fine.... regards, patrick hi, i have got a usb card reader here, but its very slow on one of my f7 machines. on my second machine, also with f7, it works fine. both machines have got usb 2.0 any ideas whats the problem? here is the output of lspci -v: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 80) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e9ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-e7ffffff Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a) Subsystem: Creative Labs Unknown device 8066 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 I/O ports at b000 [size=32] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 00:0c.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 0a) Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 I/O ports at b400 [size=8] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 I/O ports at b800 [size=8] I/O ports at bc00 [size=4] I/O ports at c000 [size=8] I/O ports at c400 [size=4] I/O ports at c800 [size=16] I/O ports at cc00 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] I/O ports at d000 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at d400 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at d800 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at dc00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at e000 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine II] Embeded Ethernet Controller on VT8235 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 I/O ports at e400 [size=256] Memory at ea001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Club-3D BV Unknown device 1052 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at a000 [size=256] Memory at e9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e8000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01) Subsystem: Club-3D BV Unknown device 1053 Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=128M] Memory at e9010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 here from lsusb (cardreader): lsusb -v -d 058f:6362 Bus 002 Device 005: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x058f Alcor Micro Corp. idProduct 0x6362 bcdDevice 1.26 iManufacturer 1 Generic iProduct 2 Mass Storage Device iSerial 3 058F312D81B bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 32 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 MaxPower 100mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip) iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Device Qualifier (for other device speed): bLength 10 bDescriptorType 6 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 bNumConfigurations 1 patrick -- Patrick Steiner | patrick.steiner@xxxxxx ICQ: 128261350 WWW: http://helmsdeep.homelinux.net/~pat working on (tux4u.skynet): Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) GNU/Linux 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7